Mel and Samuel,
Thanks for the quick reply! I've been keeping up pretty well with all of the
info over at GSoC, so I'll just say that I'm up-to-date on that front. Also,
I just joined the gsoc list at laptop.org. Surprised I didn't catch that one
sooner.
Thanks again,
Alex
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com> wrote:
> I offered to clean up and post the notes if someone would email me a log
> (I was on web chat on a borrowed computer, and don't have logs of my own
> from the conversation).
>> The offer still stands, so if someone has the raw log from the meeting
> Saturday, please email me and I'll shine them up and ping the lists once
> things are there in slightly more digestible format. I'm guessing at
> least one person on these lists will have a log...
>> Thanks,
>> -Mel
>> Samuel Klein wrote:
> > I'm moving this to the gsoc list, to which you should subscribe. Most
> > of what you need to know is covered in the general GSoC FAQ.
> >
> > There is a log, I believe Mel was going to post it. Thanks for the link
> > to your introduction. I'm about to send out a brief update to everyone
> > on this list.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > SJ
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Alex Escalona <aescalona at gmail.com> > <mailto:aescalona at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Samuel,
> >
> > Unfortunately I was unable to attend this meeting. Is there a log
> > available of the discussion that took place?
> >
> > I am a prospective student of GSoC 2008 and am very interested in
> > the mentorship offered by the OLPC association. Please find below a
> > link to my introductory post:
> >
> > http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-March/011978.html> >
> > Best,
> > Alex Escalona
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> > <mailto:sj at laptop.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > We are participating in Google Summer of Code again this year,
> > and now accepting applications from mentors. We are holding the
> > first of a series of quick discussions about SoC tomorrow
> > (saturday) at 2100 UTC / 1700 EST in #olpc. Please join us to
> > share advice to share from SoC's past, find out about applying
> > to be a mentor or student, or to satisfy your curiosity.
> >
> > GSoC is a particularly good way for local groups working on cool
> > software in different countries to get involved intensely in
> > OLPC work over the summer; you don't have to travel to
> > participate, and members of existing teams can apply to take up
> > a specific project under an OLPC mentor.
> >
> > There will be a SoC mailing list for people who want to discuss
> > details (which the accepted mentors and interns can use to
> > discuss their work); I'll post again when that is set up.
> >
> > In the meantime, if you know people who
> > * are working at or with a school using XOs in the classroom
> > * have been working on XO-related development, or have submitted
> > a project proposal in the past
> > * are currently thinking about how to promote OLPC or support
> > its mission in their part of the world,
> > * have been actively involved in your neighborhood OLPC interest
> > group,
> >
> > Please encourage them to apply to either mentor (if they have
> > skills and time to help students develop their own ideas) or be
> > a GSoC student (if they have a software / activity idea of their
> > own).
> >
> > Mentorship applications are open now:
> > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/mentor_step1.html> >
> > Student applications will be open starting on Monday, for only
> > one week.
> > http://code.google.com/soc/2008/> >
> > A few would-be students have contacted me by mail or phone to
> > talk about potential GSoC projects; you are all welcome to do so
> > over the coming week.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > SJ
> > +1 617 529 4266
> >
> > ps - feel free to translate this into other languages and pass
> > it on to regional mailing lists (or post the translations as
> > well to grassroots at lists.laptop.org> > <mailto:grassroots at lists.laptop.org>)
> >
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